promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
schoolgirl; female student
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
don't you think?; indicates question
(at) a glance; (judging from) appearances
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
one's manners; one's attitude
child's face; childlike face; boyish face; baby face
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
flesh; meat; flesh (of a fruit); pulp; the physical body (as opposed to the spirit); flesh; thickness
vague; obscure; vast; boundless
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
bursting out (laughter); breaking out (applause); in a rush; in a surge; suddenly; all of a sudden
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone
three flat objects (sheets of paper, pieces of cloth, etc.); cutting a fish into two boneless fillets and a piece with the skeleton
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
a day after the fair; (at a) stage when it's too late
all; entire; whole; altogether
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to scrutinize; to scrutinise